1) Bits of wit 2) Bons mots 3) Clever sayings 4) Terse, witty sayings 5) Witty sayings, quips 6) Witty statements 7) Work by Plato 1) Mots 
[Plato] Eighteen Epigrams are attributed to Plato, most of them considered spurious. These are short poems suitable for dedicatory purposes written in the form of elegiac couplets. ==Figures mentioned== Notable figures referenced in the epigrams include: ...
(from the article `Martial`) ...these consist almost entirely of couplets describing presents given to guests at the December festival of the Saturnalia. In the next 15 or 16 ...